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C o m m e n C e m e n t P r o g r a m

P R O C E S S I O N A L

N A T I O N A L A N T H E MDemitra Alexis Pace

Department of Theater Undergraduate

W E L C O M ETeri Schwartz

Dean, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television

C L A S S O F 2 0 1 6 S T U D E N T R E M A R K SNikki Lorraine D’Aprix

Department of Theater Undergraduate

Crystal Alexandria HatchDepartment of Film, Television and Digital Media Undergraduate

C O M M E N C E M E N T A D D R E S SChanning Dungey

President, ABC Entertainment

P R E S E N T A T I O N O F 2 0 1 6 D I S T I N G U I S H E D A L U M N I A W A R D I N T H E A T E R

Robert L. FreedmanDramatist and Screenwriter

P R E S E N T A T I O N O F 2 0 1 6 D I S T I N G U I S H E D A L U M N I A W A R D I N F I L M , T E L E V I S I O N A N D D I G I T A L M E D I A

Gina Prince-BythewoodWriter, Director, Producer

C O N F E R R A L O F T H E D E G R E E S

C L A S S O F 2 0 1 6 D E P A R T M E N T O F T H E A T E R M U S I C A L P E R F O R M A N C E

“You’ve Got a Friend” Music and Lyrics by Carole King

Performed byRebecca Nova Birstock, Kyle Michael Compton, Margaret Jane Darago, Catriona Joelle Fray,

Tanner John Haynes, Miki Dawn Holmes, Elan Jonah Kramer, Demitra Alexis Pace, Laura Louise Richardson, Emily Goodwin Zetterberg

A L M A M A T E RTanner John Haynes

Department of Theater Undergraduate

F I N A L R E M A R K STeri Schwartz

R E C E S S I O N A L

Dear Graduates:

Warmest congratulations and good wishes to the Class of 2016, and to their families and friends on Commencement Day 2016! Although one door is closing, innumerable others are opening before you, just waiting for you to step through them. Never before in our nation’s history have college graduates had more opportunities to contribute to the common good than now. Whether it be in the community, private industry or public service, to name but a few, your UC education and experiences have provided you with the

knowledge and abilities to make a difference in the lives of many others. As Robert F. Kennedy once noted, “The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.”

On this triumphal day, I challenge you to commit your newly earned UCLA degree and all that you have learned to bring hope, compassion and healing to a troubled world. You can shape the future and, from what I know of our graduates, if you put your mind to doing just that, the future will be a bright and hopeful one. Go Bruins — we know you’ll make us proud whatever door you choose!

Most sincerely,

Janet NapolitanoPresident

L e t t e r F r o m t h e P r e s i d e n t

J a n e t N a p o l i t a n oUniversity of California President

Dear UCLA Graduate:

Congratulations! Today’s Commencement is a joyful day for each of you and your families, a celebration of all that you have accomplished in your time at UCLA. A UCLA degree is highly respected and will serve you well in whatever you choose to do in the future.

As a graduate of UCLA, you are now counted among thousands of your fellow alumni who are exemplary leaders and tireless innovators dedicated to improving lives here at home and around the world. I encourage you to further

the Bruin legacy of excellence and service, with the spirit of optimism that makes UCLA a special place. We look forward to what your future holds and will take great pride in your accomplishments.

Thank you for the many contributions you have made to our campus that have advanced our mission of education, research and service to California and beyond. You and your fellow students have enriched me personally, providing fresh perspectives and insights.

Your relationship with UCLA will continue throughout your life. I hope that you will take full advantage of the many resources available to our alumni and that you will remain engaged with our campus. Remember that you are one of UCLA’s best advocates and ambassadors. You are always welcome here.

Today is special, unlike any other day in your life. Enjoy this time with your family and friends in memorable ways. I am enormously proud of you, and I wish you a lifetime of fulfillment and happiness.

With very best wishes,

Gene D. BlockChancellor

L e t t e r F r o m t h e C h a n C e L L o r

G e n e B l o c kUCLA Chancellor

Dear Class of 2016,

Congratulations on this auspicious culmination of your academic career with us at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

As your Dean, it makes me extremely proud to have witnessed your remarkable talent and dedication to your creative work and research. It has been thrilling to see how much you have achieved during your time here with us at UCLA TFT. On behalf of the faculty and staff, please allow me to extend our deepest respect and admiration for your outstanding accomplishments, and for having reached this landmark day — your graduation.

As the next generation of artists, scholars and industry leaders, you are in a very fortunate position: You have the great potential to make a difference in the world through the power of story as expressed across the entire spectrum of entertainment and performing arts. Through the education and real-world experiences you have received as a result of your time at UCLA TFT, you now have the artistry, skills and thought leadership to not only delight and entertain, but to illuminate the human spirit and to help us make sense of our lives and the world around us.

We hope that you actively stay connected not only to your alma mater as the newest members of our amazing UCLA TFT alumni community, but to each other as you build dynamic and profound careers throughout the entertainment and performing arts communities. Use your successes to make a difference in the world and pay it forward by helping the next generation of new alumni who will one day join you in this distinguished network of artists, scholars and industry leaders.

I am honored to use this celebratory occasion to wish each of you the very best in the years ahead. I am convinced that you will use your wonderful, diverse voices to enlighten, engage and inspire change for a better world.

Congratulations, once again, Class of 2016! All of us at UCLA TFT are very proud and excited for each of you!

Warmest good wishes,

Teri SchwartzDeanUCLA School of Theater, Film and Television

L e t t e r F r o m t h e d e a n

T e r i S c h w a r t zDean, School of Theater, Film and Television

C hanning Dungey was named president , ABC Entertainment, in February 2016. In this role she has oversight of all development, programming, marketing and scheduling operations for the ABC Television Network.

Dungey most recently served as executive vice president, Drama Development, Movies & Miniseries, ABC Entertainment Group, where she oversaw the development and production of all drama pilots, movies and miniseries, and the launch of new series for ABC Entertainment. Serving in that role since 2013, she developed and launched dozens of series including Scandal, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., How to Get Away With Murder, American Crime, Once Upon a Time and Secrets and Lies.

Previously, Dungey was vice president, drama development, ABC Studios. In that role she was responsible for the development and acquisition of drama programming. Her slate of programming included the award-winning and critically acclaimed ABC show Private Practice, CBS’s long-running drama Criminal Minds, the CW’s Reaper and Lifetime’s highest-rated series, Army Wives. Dungey joined ABC Studios in the summer of 2004.

Dungey began her successful career in entertainment as a development assistant for Davis Entertainment at 20th Century Fox. She then became story editor at Steamroller Productions, where she worked on the development and production of films such as Under Siege and On Deadly Ground. Following that, she joined Warner Bros. as a production executive, where she helped develop and supervise a diverse range of commercially successful, critically acclaimed films, including Bridges of Madison County, Heat, The Matrix, Twister, Devil’s Advocate, City of Angels, Conspiracy Theory, Rosewood, Space Jam and Practical Magic.

In the spring of 1998, Dungey became senior vice president at Material, a film production company with a first look deal at Warner Bros., which was responsible for 2000’s Red Planet as well as 2002’s remake of H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine. After being named president in 2001, Dungey co-produced Queen of the Damned, adapted from the best-selling novel by Anne Rice, and Showtime, starring Robert De Niro, Eddie Murphy and Rene Russo; and The Big Bounce, based on an Elmore Leonard novel.

Dungey, who graduated magna cum laude from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, is a founding member of the Step Up Women’s Network, a national non-profit membership organization dedicated to strengthening community resources for women and girls. She also teaches the graduate-level course “Developing the Drama Pilot” at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

C o m m e n C e m e n t s P e a k e r

C h a n n i n g D u n g e yPresident, ABC Entertainment

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R o b e r t L . F r e e d m a nDramatist and Screenwriter

Robert L. Freedman won Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Book of a Musical for A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, the 2014 Best Musical Tony winner. He was also nominated for a Tony for Best Score with composer and co-lyricist Steven Lutvak, with whom he shared the 2014 Drama Desk Award for Best Lyrics, a 2015 Grammy nomination, the 2006 Kleban Award and a 2006 Fred Ebb Award.

For his television work, Freedman won the Writers Guild Award for HBO’s A Deadly Secret, a drama about teenage suicide, and was nominated for an Emmy Award and a Writers Guild Award for the miniseries Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows. His other teleplays include

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Writers Guild nomination), What Makes a Family, a Humanitas Prize finalist about gay adoption; What Love Sees, about a blind couple raising a family (Silver Plaque, Chicago International Television Festival); and the true-crime dramas Honor Thy Mother (Edgar Award nomination from Mystery Writers of America); Murder in the Hamptons; The Pastor’s Wife; Woman With a Past; and the miniseries In the Best of Families (aka Bitter Blood).

Freedman is currently writing a film for HBO set in the Great Depression, produced and directed by Robert Redford for Sundance Productions, and is embarking on a new musical with composer Scott Frankel (Grey Gardens). A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder is currently on a National Tour throughout the United States and Canada. He is co-author, with Faye Greenberg, of the play The Beast of Broadway: The Life and Times of David Merrick, and book writer and lyricist for the musical Grand Duchy, with composer John Bayless.

Freedman has a B.A. in theater from the UCLA College of Fine Arts (now the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television), and an M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing and Musical Theatre from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. He was recently honored with the Tisch Big Apple Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Theatrical Arts.

Freedman has taught screenwriting at NYU and USC. He is married to Jean Kauffman, another proud UCLA TFT graduate. Their son, Max Freedman, is a writer, educator and community activist in New York City.

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G i n a P r i n c e - B y t h e w o o dWriter, Director and Producer

Filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood wrote and directed the widely acclaimed feature film Love & Basketball, which premiered at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. Prince-Bythewood won an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay and a Humanitas Prize for her work on the film. She followed that success with the HBO film Disappearing Acts.

In 2008, she wrote and directed the celebrated adaptation of the best-selling novel The Secret Life of Bees. The all-star cast included Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, Paul Bettany, Jennifer Hudson, Sophie Okonedo and Alicia Keys. The film won two People’s Choice Awards and two NAACP Image Awards.

Her third feature, Beyond the Lights, was released in 2014 and garnered an Oscar nomination for best song. The love story, set in the music world, stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nate Parker, Minnie Driver and Danny Glover. It received rave reviews and landed on a number of top critics “Best of 2014” lists including The New York Times, The Washington Post and Vulture.

Prince-Bythewood studied at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, where she received the Gene Reynolds Scholarship and the Peter Stark Memorial Scholarship. Upon her graduation, she was hired as a writer on the hit NBC sitcom A Different World. She continued to write and produce for network television series such as the WB’s Felicity, Fox’s South Central and NBC’s Sweet Justice before making the transition to directing.

Her television directorial debut was the CBS Schoolbreak Special What About Your Friends, which earned Prince-Bythewood an NAACP Image Award for Best Children’s Special and two Emmy nominations for writing and directing. She also won a Community Service Emmy Award for her work with BET’s Rap-It-Up campaign.

Prince-Bythewood, along with her husband Reggie Rock Bythewood, is currently writing, directing and producing Shots Fired, a 10-hour special event series for Fox, which will air in Spring 2017. She will follow that with the film adaptation of the searing novel An Untamed State for Fox Searchlight, which she is co-writing with celebrated author Roxane Gay, and directing.

Prince-Bythewood is proud to fund a scholarship for African American students enrolled in the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s film program. She resides in Southern California with Reggie and their amazing sons Cassius and Toussaint.

C H A N C E L L O R ’ S M A R S H A L S

Recognized for outstanding academic achievement and

identified by the Blue and Gold Fourragere:

Theater

Nikki Lorraine D’Aprix

Margaret Jane Darago

Film, Television and Digital Media

Clinton-Khile Brägger

Crystal Alexandria Hatch

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Theater

DEGREE CANDIDATES

Gwyneth Jane ShanksPerforming the Museum: Displaying Gender and Archiving Labor,

from Performance Art to Theater

Anndretta Lyle WilsonLabor, Pleasure, and Possession in Transnational Black Performance

Film, Television and Digital Media

DEGREE CONFERRED

Andrew Phillip Young

“We are all Rwandans:” Imagining the Post-Genocidal Nation Across Media

DEGREE CANDIDATES

Benjamin Nelson Sampson

Hollywood Meets ‘Holywood:’ The Modern Intersection of Hollywood

and Christian Filmmaking

Philip Joseph Wagner

Research, Rhetoric, and the Cinematic Events of Cecil B. DeMille

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D O C T O R O F P H I L O S O P H Y

Theater

DEGREES CONFERRED

DEGREE CANDIDATES

Film, Television and Digital Media

DEGREES CONFERRED

M A S T E R O F F I N E A R T S

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Dominic Abeyta

Ariane Marcella Ackerberg

Mouhamed E. Adeeb

Tenaya Anue

Gayatri Everitt Bajpai

Evan Alexander Boyd Ball

Indira Justine Basu

Eric Edward Boshart

Zoe Renee Bower

Wyatt Cain

Merlin Emrys Camozzi

Juanita Cepero Londono

Lucas Chahuneau

Alice Evangeline Dennard

James Robert Domachowske

Lawrence T. Christian Donovan

Jessica Doris Dube

Aaron Ture Edmonds

Fiordalisa Luz Fabian

Safiya Marie Farquharson

Stasia Mei Yun Fong

Omid Ghaffarian

Zachary Hamby

Leah Rae Hulgin

Samuel Maxim Icklow

Kevin Michael Karch

Andrew K. Knapp

Logan James Knight

Candice Rose Knutson

Balbinka Kamila Korzeniowska

Steven Liang

Zachary Daniel Marion

Olufunke Abiola Moses

Heather Paul

Benjamin Rieder

Shoshana Sachidhanandam

Stephanie L. Sandoval Lean

Graciela Sarabia

Marta Savina

Ronak Shah

Masaya Tajika

Teodora Totoiu

Eric Vennemeyer

Patrick Durand Waldrop

Sara Marie White

Zehao Xue

Joshua Eric Yunis

Adam Guinn Alonso

Jennifer Erin Davis

Jeanette Godoy

Sachandra Grandoit

Brendan Hartnett

Molly Ann Irelan

Yuki Izumihara

Ning Ji

Hye Sun Lee

Ji Young Lee

Ruoxuan Li

Ginerva Lombardo

Gelareh Soofi Siavish

Christopher Borey

Andre Gerner

Tajreen Hedayet

Manhea Joey Kim

David Kirkeby

Lauren Inga KriegerMatthew Maio

Zachary Daniel MarionKimberly Jo Mills

Justin PerkinsonMatt Russak

Laurie RussmanSandra A. Stenzel

Anastasia Bonaccorso

Darcie Elise Crager

Marguerite Sarfaty French

Israel Lopez

Zuri Adele Ray-Alladice

Roshni Shukla

Miebaka Opuiyo Yohannes

DEGREE CANDIDATES

M A S T E R O F A R T S

Film, Television and Digital Media

DEGREE CANDIDATES

Krista Shanita Jones

Grace Hyunju Jung

Hang Li

Briana Christa Lynn McKoy

B A C H E L O R O F A R T S

Theater

DEGREES CONFERRED

Justin Ryan Brown

Max Cody Ryan Coyne

Anthony Giacomelli

Lauren Christine Goyer

Lea Margaret Guillory

Eugene Alan Ko

Kimberly Kottwitz

Brette Suzanne O’Brien*

Jack Matthew Shulruff

Robert James Watson

Brigid Peirce Hornig Abreu†

Madai Antunes-Trujillo

Dashawn Racquel Barnes

Rebecca Nova Birstock

Nicholas James Brunner

Jensen Steele Chambers

Jennifer J. Chiang

Aspen Autumn Cole

Kyle Michael Compton

Nikki Lorraine D’Aprix†

Margaret Jane Darago†

Emma Kristina Degerstedt

Isabel Marie Espy

Hannah Caitlin Ferrell

Tanya Maria Flynn

Catriona Joelle Fray

Lila Scarborough Gavares

Angela Giovann Giarratana

Jordan Gabriella Gilman

Tanner John Haynes

Miki Dawn Holmes

Nada Jawad

Andrew Eric Klein

Elan Jonah Kramer†

Julie Anna Lanctot†

Spencer William Lichtman

Caroline Ellen Mack

DEGREE CANDIDATES

* magna cum laude† Latin Honors

(Spring or Summer 2016 candidates whose current GPA qualifies them for Latin Honors. Level of honors is determined by final GPA.)

B A C H E L O R O F A R T S (cont inued)

Theater

DEGREE CANDIDATES (continued)

Chad Patrick Mata

Danny DT Nguyen

Rebecca Rose Noble†

Demitra Alexis Pace

Katerina Jones Pagsolingan

Natasha Parkin

Ella R. Pravetz

Joseph Stephen Price

Laura Louise Richardson

Misha Tucker Riley

Mark Joseph Royston†

Ian Martin Runge

Clara Ruth Shader-Seave†

Kelsey Smith

Rowan Irene Smith

Savannah Rose Van Der Keyl

Eric Allen Watkins

Jodi Emmaline Wofford

Emily Goodwin Zetterberg

† Latin Honors (Spring or Summer 2016 candidates whose current GPA qualifies them for Latin Honors. Level of honors is determined by final GPA.)

B A C H E L O R O F A R T S (cont inued)

• summa cum laude† Latin Honors

(Spring or Summer 2016 candidates whose current GPA qualifies them for Latin Honors. Level of honors is determined by final GPA.)

Film, Television and Digital Media

DEGREE CONFERRED

Hilarie Katharine Roope •

DEGREE CANDIDATES

Iman Bahar Ahad

Tamar Christina Baker

Conner Joseph Bell

Clinton-Khile Brägger†

Matthew Royce Camello

Abram Paul Cerda

Beau Daniel Clarke

Miranda Isabelle Davies

Alexander Bernard Dekoning

Jackson Hannibal DeLoach

Arno Alec Ekmekji

Patrick Emillo Fontenette

Maggie Elizabeth Galle†

Kadriya Gizatullina†

Crystal Alexandria Hatch†

Valbona Jashari†

Rachel Caitlin Kivlahan†

Silvia Lara

Jacob Whatley Manoff

Theodore Michael Mugerian

Victor Moses Navarro†

Pernell Asistores Quilon

Emmanuel Ramos Barajas

Aleksandra Rastovic

Jasmine Diosa Rodriguez

Shawn-Noel Leonen Semana

Ashlyn Nicolette Thomas

Haohao Yan

Shirley Zhou†

Marvin Zhu

CHAIRBrian Kite

PROFESSORSJ.Ed AraizaSue-Ellen CaseMyung Hee ChoHanay L. GeiogamahMichael HackettNeil Peter JampolisChrisi Karvonides-DushenkoBrian KiteMiwon KwonDeborah Nadoolman LandisRich RoseDominic TaylorJosé Luis ValenzuelaEdit E. Villarreal

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSLucy BurnsSean MetzgerThomas O’ConnorJoseph M. Olivieri

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSMichelle Liu CarrigerSylvan OswaldMarike Splint

ADJUNCT PROFESSORSF. Nicholas GunnPeggy HickeyLainie Kazan

ADJUNCT ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSDan T. BelzerMarilyn FoxLinda KernsJeremy L. MannEdward MonaghanJudith MorelandJean-Louis RodrigueApril ShawhanPaul M. Wagar

ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSORSRaquel BarretoBruce Vaughn

VISITING PROFESSORRobert Beltran

VISITING ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSCynthia EttingerEllen LaurenTim Robbins

VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSORSSilvia BakerMarek Probosz

SR. LECTURER SOE EMERITUSThomas J. Orth

LECTURERSVikas AdamCheryl BaxterRobert BeltranAndrew BorbaScott BrickElizabeth Brohm HanrahanAmy ChaffeeSara Ryung ClementAndrew DalzellPerry DanielMichael DonovanKitty Doris-BatesMary Jo DuPreyJoshua EpsteinSharna FabianoAnthony FanningTony FitzgeraldGina De Domenico FlanaganJohn GarofaloDavid GorsheinAreum JeongChristine KelloggJessica KubzanskyMichael LaskinVictoria LavanKimberly LyonsSheldon MarkhamLeanora MartinoAJ MeijerKaitlyn PietrasChantal RodriguezJane RuhmPablo Santiago-BrandweinRobin SchneiderNathan SchroederAngela ScottPeter Shushtari

U C L A S C H O O L O F T H E A T E R , F I L M A N D T E L E V I S I O N L E A D E R S H I PTeri Schwartz, Dean

Barbara Boyle, Associate Dean, Entrepreneurship and Special InitiativesKathleen McHugh, Associate Dean, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Edit E. Villarreal, Associate Dean, Academic AffairsRichard Walter, Associate Dean, Student Affairs

Jeff Burke, Assistant Dean, Technology and Innovation Susan Marcano, Assistant Dean

D E P A R T M E N T O F T H E A T E R

FA C U LT Y 2 0 1 5 - 1 6

PROFESSORS EMERITI Alan ArmstrongJohn R. CaublePatricia HarterRobert H. HethmonAnna Krajewska-WieczorekMichael McLainJoanne T. McMasterMel ShapiroCarol Fisher SorgenfreiWilliam D. Ward

PROFESSORS EMERITI (continued)William T. WheatleyMargaret L. Wilbur

ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATORDaniel A. Ionazzi, Jr.

ACADEMIC COORDINATORSJonathan A. BurkePaul E. Girard

ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATORJonathan A. Burke

D E P A R T M E N T O F F I L M , T E L E V I S I O N A N D D I G I TA L M E D I A

INTERIM CHAIRKathleen McHugh

PROFESSORSJanet L. BergstromBarbara BoyleJohn T. CaldwellThomas F. DenoveErkki HuhtamoDeborah Nadoolman LandisStephen MamberPurnima MankekarDenise R. MannWilliam McDonaldKathleen McHughCelia L. MercerChon A. NoriegaNancy RichardsonChuck SheetzBecky J. SmithRichard Walter

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSArne LundeFabian Wagmister

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSKristy Guevara-FlanaganAllyson Nadia FieldRory KellyGina KimEllen C. ScottJasmine Nadua Trice

ADJUNCT ASSOCIATE PROFESSORJohn W. Simmons, A.S.C.

VISITING PROFESSORSMichael CollearyPeter Guber

VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSORSChanning DungeyJames FrancoTim GoodDavid Hoberman

VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSORS (continued)

Mali Heled KinbergEitan MendelowitzMaggie MurphySjoerd OostrikMichael PuopoloDeobrah SperaKenneth SuddlesonMichele Weiss

PROFESSOR EMERITUS/DISTINGUISHED RESEARCH PROFESSOR

Gyula Gazdag

PROFESSORS EMERITI RECALLLew HunterHoward Suber

LECTURERS SOE EMERITIHarold AckermanMark McCarty

LECTURERSTimothy T. AlbaughAna Lily AmirpourMarc ArnesonBethany BabyakBill J. BarminskiPatricia BeattsVincent M. BrookRobert BurgosJames CalcianoDavid ChambersJulie ChambersHeather CollinsStephen FarberCynthia FelandoJoshua FeldmanJames FrancoAlexander FranklinAlan FrielMichael FriendGeorge Gary

D E P A R T M E N T O F T H E A T E R (continued)

Jason GendlerChad GervichNicholas GriffinCecilia HallRhonda HammerAlex HedlundErin HillCharles HollandJ.R. HughtoDavid JohnsonMichael JohnsonPatricia KavanaughSilvia KratzerSue KroyerJonathan A. KuntzNeil LandauNick LaTerazaValerie LetteraKen LevineRobert J. LevyHans-Martin LiebingDavid MacmillanDavid MaquilingEric MarinBeau MarksKathleen McInnisJeffrey MelvoinJosh MorganPaul NagleTom NunanDeland Nuse

Suny Behar ParkerRobin PelleckTerry PressBarry PrimusDaniel PyneBernardo RondeauMark RosmanMichael RothhaarElisabeth SeldesBen Raphael SherRobert SkirKaren SmalleyJames StrainJohn W. SweetWilm ThobenNeil ThompsonCharlotte TrachingerDerick TsaiJeanne TysonGlen VilppuLinda VoorheesPeter WellerMichael WerbCormac WibberleyMarianne WibberleyGlenn WilliamsonAmy WinfreyIris YamashitaJohn YoonKris T. YoungAmotz Zakai

William AdamsJerzy AntczakNicholas K. BrowneMarina GoldovskayaA.P. GonzalezBarbara MarksDan F. McLaughlin^Robert RosenVivian SobchackPeter WollenJohn W. Young

KODAKCINEMATOGRAPHER-IN-RESIDENCE

Bradford Young, ASC

ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATORS

Benjamin U. HarrisDouglas A. Ward

ACADEMIC COORDINATORDavid Dancyger

F I L M , T E L E V I S I O N A N D D I G I TA L M E D I A (continued)

CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE TO ADMINISTER THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL PROGRAM

Ellen C. Scott, FTVDM

COMMITTEE TO ADMINISTER THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL PROGRAM 2015-16

Janet Bergstrom, FTVDMAllyson Nadia Field, FTVDMJan-Christopher Horak, Archive, FTVDMGreg Leazer, ISSteve Mamber, FTVDMWilliam McDonald, FTVDMChon Noriega, FTVDMMark Quigley, ArchiveEllen C. Scott, FTVDM

PROFESSORSJanet Bergstrom, FTVDMJonathan Furner, IS

PROFESSORS (continued)Steve Mamber, FTVDMWilliam McDonald, FTVDMChon Noriega, FTVDM

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSAllyson Nadia Field, FTVDM Greg Leazer, IS

ASSISTANT PROFESSOREllen C. Scott, FTVDM

LECTURERSSnowden BeckerDino EverettMay Hong HaduongLinda Tadic

PROGRAM MANAGERSnowden Becker

M O V I N G I M A G E A R C H I V E S T U D I E S

LECTURERS (continued) LECTURERS (continued) PROFESSORS EMERITI

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d e a n ’ s e x e C u t i v e B o a r d

Kevin BeggsJim Berk

Joseph A. Calabrese, Esq.Sanford R. Climan

Laurie CootsFrancis Ford Coppola

Donald De LineEmilio Diez BarrosoMoctesuma Esparza

Eric Esrailian, M.D., M.P.H.Dan FellmanPeter Guber

Curtis HansonGoldie Hawn

Ken Hertz, Esq.Rick Hess

Reginald HudlinPhilip I. KentCharles King

David A. Leveton, Esq.Richard B. Lippin

Kishore LullaFrank Marshall

Mich Mathews-SpradlinWilliam E. Mitchell

Steve MoskoCecilia de Mille Presley

Martin Scorsese

Brad SilberlingHarry Sloan, Esq.

Darren StarBruce VaughnGore VerbinskiPaula Wagner

Jeffrey C. WalkerElizabeth Reiko Kubota Whitney

Deborah WidenerRita Wilson

Richard WolpertMichael WrightJonathan Zakin

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CommenCement SpeakerS

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CommenCement DeDiCation

2012 Gilbert Cates

UCLa meDaL

2009 Haskell Wexler, A.S.C.

aLUmni HonoreeS

2000 Army Archerd2001 Louis J. Horvitz2003 Moctesuma Esparza2004 Gregory Nava2005 Geoffrey Gilmore2007 Gene Reynolds2008 Fred Roos2009 Ellen Geer2010 Felicia D. Henderson2010 John Rando2011 Charles Burnett2011 Mariska Hargitay2012 Shirley Jo Finney2012 Penelope Spheeris2013 Dustin Lance Black2013 Kristin Hanggi2014 Darren Star 2014 Wendy C. Goldberg2015 Donna Deitch2015 Sarabeth Grossman

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P a s t h o n o r e e s

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C O M M E N C E M E N T C E R E M O N Y

Producer

Daniel A. Ionazzi, Jr.

Production Management

Kellie Knight, Bridget Kelly

Announcer

Jeff Wachtel

Audio Supervisor

Jonathan Burke

UCLA Gluck Brass Quintet

Jon Bhatia, Luis Cardenas Casillas – Trumpets

Rachel O’Connor – Horn

Josiah Morales – Trombone

Seth Shaffer – Tuba

Commencement Coordinators

Dean Dacumos, Sandy Hall, Daniel A. Ionazzi, Jr., Crystal Santana

Special Thanks

Academic Personnel

Business Office

Dean’s Office

Department of Film, Television and Digital Media

Department of Theater

Information Technology

Marketing and Communications

Office of Development & Alumni Affairs

Office of Special Events and Protocol

Royce Hall Events

Student Services

RECEPTION FOR THEATER, FILM & TELEVISION(Coral Tree Walk)

COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY(Royce Hall)

Coral Tree Walk

“Hail to the hills of Westwood

to the mighty sea below;

Hail to our alma mater,

she will conquer every foe.

For we’re loyal to the Southland,

her honor we’ll uphold,

We’ll gladly give our hearts to thee,

to the Blue and to the Gold.”

— Jeane Emerson ’29